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What is the explicit formula for this sequence -5, -3,-1,1,3...

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These numbers are increasing by 2 for each n.

The explicit formula for a sequence should read:

an = a1 + d(n – 1)

If d=2, the explicit formula would read:

an = a1 + 2(n – 1)

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